ST. LOUIS — Twenty-six seconds into double overtime, Owen Michaels made himself a hero in Kalamazoo, scoring bar down to send Western Michigan University to its first national championship game.

They’ve been off since, and their Western Conference semifinal series against the Victoria Royals was the last of the four Western Hockey League second-round matchups to start – with some ...

The Western Michigan University hockey team is one victory away from a National Championship. Owen Michaels scored the double overtime winner on Thursday night in St. Louis to send WMU into the ...